Dose response of various radiation detectors to synchrotron radiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3235-3259

  Kron, Tomas ^a,b   Duggan, Lisa ^a   Smith, Tony ^b   Rosenfeld, Anatoly ^c   Butson, Martin ^d   Kaplan, Greg ^c   Howlett, Steve ^a   Hyodo, Kazuyuki ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^e HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM 51; COPPER; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; METAL OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNCHROTRON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0031773177     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/11/006     Document Type: Article

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